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[kreati]

Hello,
I'm wondering if the number of Mysql databases or email accounts on one account has any issue on the quota (hard disk) that I offer to my customers. I'm suggesting More databases will take more space but I need clarification.

[jbiel]

I'd assume that most control panel setups would associate the size of the mysql database to the users account (domain) that created it.

[adame780]

It depends. Firstly, if you are using a control panel check the documentation on that product. Plesk, for instance, will allow you to calculate disk usage of email and databases on a nightly basis so it is not a hard limit but a soft quota.

If you want a hard limit, then the files must be owned by the user. In most cases this will not be the fact so you will not achieve a hard limit.